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Corporal Francis Eugene Jones

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Service number: 25289
Age: 36
Rank: Corporal
Force: RCMP
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Division: Ucluelet Detachment
Enlistment: November 28, 1966
Death: December 14, 1983 Tofino, British Columbia
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Cpl. Jones received a commendation from his Commanding Officer for courage and perseverance in apprehending a dangerous man who was armed with a loaded shotgun. At the time of his death he was posted to Ucluelet Detachment on Vancouver Island. An investigation revealed that the helicopter Cpl. Jones was traveling in had hit an unmarked suspension cable which was virtually impossible to see against the wooded background. Cpl. Jones was married to Evi and they had a son and a daughter.

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Page 172 of the RCMP Book of Remembrance.
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